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John Frederick Dodd

{{short description|English architect}}

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John Frederick Dodd LRIBA (1872 – 13 July 1939) was an architect based in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.{{cite book |last=Brodie |first=Antonia |date=20 December 2001 |title=Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 1 (A-K) |url= |location= |publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects |page=545 |isbn=0826455131 |author-link= }}

Architectural career

He was educated at Nottingham School of Art and University College, Nottingham where he achieved a First Class in Building Construction Elementary in the Government Science Examinations in 1891.{{cite news |author= |title=University College Nottingham |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/18910822/072/0004 |newspaper=Nottingham Evening Post | location=England |date=22 August 1891 |access-date=11 April 2020 |via=British Newspaper Archive }}

He was articled to John Sheldon in Long Eaton from 1887 to 1892 and remained as his assistant until he became assistant to Ernest Reginald Ridgway in 1893. He started an independent practice in 1899 in Prince Street, Long Eaton{{cite news |author= |title=John F. Dodd, Architect and Surveyor |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002506/18990325/046/0004 |newspaper=Long Eaton Advertiser | location=England |date=25 March 1899 |access-date=11 April 2020 |via=British Newspaper Archive }} and was later based in Parr's Bank Buildings, Long Eaton.

He was appointed LRIBA in 1911.

In 1937 he entered into partnership with one of his employees, Joseph William Wilcox, and formed the company of Dodd and Wilcox.{{cite news |author= |title=An enterprising young man |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002884/19371105/115/0005 |newspaper=South Notts Echo | location=England |date=5 November 1937 |access-date=11 April 2020 |via=British Newspaper Archive }}

Personal life

He was born in 1872 in Long Eaton, the son of John Edmund Dodd (1834-1894) and Orelie (1836-1918).

He married Gertrude Ellen Booth (1878-1966) on 23 Jun 1896 in Shardlow, Derbyshire. They had two children.

  • Claire Bernice Dodd (1897-1898)
  • Grace Isabel Muriel Dodd (1902-1974)

He died on 13 July 1939{{cite news |author= |title=Sudden death of Well-known Architect |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001898/19390715/193/0007 |newspaper=Nottingham Journal | location=England |date=15 July 1939 |access-date=11 April 2020 |via=British Newspaper Archive }} at his home 2 Waverley Street, Long Eaton, Derbyshire and left an estate valued at £4,361{{cite news |author= |title=Architect’s Will |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002506/19400209/108/0003 |newspaper=Long Eaton Advertiser | location=England |date=9 February 1940 |access-date=11 April 2020 |via=British Newspaper Archive }} ({{Inflation|UK|4361|1939|r=-2|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}}

Works

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  • Phoenix Mill, Nottingham Road, Long Eaton 1909
  • Empire Cinema, 55 High Street, Long Eaton 1919-20{{cite web |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/53001 |title=Empire Cinema 55 High Street, Long Eaton |author= |date= |website=Cinema Treasures |publisher=Cinema Treasures |access-date=11 April 2020 |quote=}}
  • New Palace Theatre, 49 Market Place, Long Eaton 1913 (later Screen Cinema){{cite web |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/37625 |title=Screen Cinema 49 Market Place, Long Eaton |author= |date= |website=Cinema Treasures |publisher=Cinema Treasures |access-date=11 April 2020 |quote=}}
  • War Memorial, Long Eaton 1921 (steps and foundation only){{cite news |author= |title=Long Eaton’s Memorial Cross |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003304/19211029/221/0006 |newspaper=Stapleford & Sandiacre News |location=England |date=29 October 1921 |access-date=7 January 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive }}
  • Carnegie Public Library, Long Eaton, Derbyshire 1925 (extensions)
  • Cooperative Society, Dockholme Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire 1927-28{{cite news |author= |title=Long Eaton Co-operative Society’s Extension |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003304/19280302/053/0003 |newspaper=Stapleford & Sandiacre News |location=England |date=2 March 1928 |access-date=31 December 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive }} (extension)
  • Zingari Club, Long Eaton 1930 (extensions){{cite news |author= |title=Long Eaton Club Ceremony |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/19300825/082/0008 |newspaper=Derby Daily Telegraph | location=England |date=25 August 1930 |access-date=11 April 2020 |via=British Newspaper Archive }}
  • Offices for the Midland Counties’ Trading Association, West Gate, Long Eaton 1933-34{{cite news |author= |title=With the passing of the years… |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002506/19330728/093/0004 |newspaper=Long Eaton Advertiser | location=England |date=28 July 1933 |access-date=11 April 2020 |via=British Newspaper Archive }}
  • House, Foster Avenue, Beeston 1935-36{{cite archive |item =1168 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • House, 26 Hallams Lane, 1935-36{{cite archive |item =1172 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • House, 6 Hallams Lane, 1935-36{{cite archive |item =1220 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • House for Mrs M Baker, Barratt Lane, Attenborough 1935-36{{cite archive |item =1268 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Pair of cottages, Pasture Lane, 1936{{cite archive |item =1332 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Bungalow, Long Lane, Attenborough 1936{{cite archive |item =1333 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Pair of cottages, Brickyard Lane 1936{{cite archive |item =1352 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • House, 18 Barratt Lane, Attenborough 1936{{cite archive |item =1369 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Layout of streets on the Toton Farm Estate 1936{{cite archive |item =1411 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Seventeen pairs of houses, Stapleford Lane, 1936{{cite archive |item =1416 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Pair of houses, 8-10 Baskin Lane, 1936{{cite archive |item =1420 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • House, 10 Hallams Lane 1936-37{{cite archive |item =2294 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1479 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Two pairs of houses, 237-239 and 241-243 Bye Pass Road, Chilwell 1936-37{{cite archive |item =1558 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Eight pairs of houses, Carfield Avenue, 1837{{cite archive |item =1658 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Home Brewery Company Inn, Nottingham Road, Long Eaton 1937{{cite archive |item =1677 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Stores and Warehouse for the Co-operative Society, Nottingham Road, Long Eaton 1937{{cite archive |item =1724 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • House, 20 Hallams Lane, 1937{{cite archive |item =1783 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Co-operative Society Shops, Queens Road West, 1937-38{{cite archive |item =1909 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Eight pairs of cottages, Cornfield Avenue, 1937-39{{cite archive |item =1922 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Detached house, 20 Barratt Lane, Attenborough 1937-38{{cite archive |item =1929 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Drury Almshouses, Chilwell. 1937-38 (rebuilding){{cite news |author= |title=Chilwell Almshouses to be Rebuilt |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001898/19371018/090/0004 |newspaper=Nottingham Journal | location=England |date=18 October 1937 |access-date=11 April 2020 |via=British Newspaper Archive }}
  • House. 25 Beeston Fields Drive 1937-38{{cite archive |item =1750 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Co-operative Society Shop, Cator Lane, Chilwell 1937-38{{cite archive |item =1975 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Twenty six houses, Whiting Avenue and Erewash Grove, Chilwell 1938{{cite archive |item =2068 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Therm House, Market Place, Long Eaton, 1938–39
  • Six pairs of houses, Woodland Grove, Chilwell 1938-39{{cite archive |item =2267 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • The Old Cross Dyeworks, West End Street, Stapleford 1938-39 (extensions){{cite archive |item =2281 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • The Hemlock Joinery Company, Hickings Lane, Stapleford 1938-39 (additions to workshops and new offices){{cite archive |item =2292 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Conversion of building to shop, 141 Derby Road, Stapleford 1938-39{{cite archive |item =2294 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Service Garage, Derby Road, Bramcote 1939{{cite archive |item =2349 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Factory for Steigler, Byepass Road, Chilwell 1939{{cite archive |item =2454 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Two pairs of houses, Erewash Grove, Toton 1939-40{{cite archive |item =2489 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}
  • Detached house, Ilkeston Road, Stapleford for Miss Aiken. 1939-40{{cite archive |item =2507 |type = Building Plan Register |date = 1939 |file = DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham }}

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